Mine detail: Beetree Knob Barite Prospect

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Location: Cocke County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.91398, -83.09988
dep_id: 10025892
mrds_id: K001867
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Veins Localized By Overthrust Faults And Related Structures (Maher, 1970)
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Cochran Conglomerate, Chilhowee Group, Quartzite & Conglomerate
hrock_type: Quartzite
Structure: Great Smoky Fault A Short Distance To Southeast.
tectonic: Folded Blue Ridge Province
References:
  • Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.W., AND JEWELL, W.B., 1951, GEOLOGY AND BARITE DEPOSITS OF THE DEL RIO DISTRICT, COCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 57, 235 P.
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPT. INV. 28, 40 P.
  • Deposit:: 1951 OTHER FERGUSON & JEWELL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57
  • Deposit:: 1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W. TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV. 28
  • Production:: FERGUSON AND JEWELL, 1951, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57
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